I have to check the remaining space in my suitcase to see just how much pancake mix and syrup I can get in!!

About the hostal. My friend and I decided that we would keep our reservations at the Las Fuentes (already sent my card number and all...) and if it is too noisy we would look into the Macarena when we check out on the 13th before we go to Toledo for the night. It will be good for their (the Macarena) business to get a website up! Because it is some comfort to us to have a confirmation number and written acknowledgement , before we leave home.

Jer,
I am so bummed!!! I stopped at 2 grocery stores this evening to pick up the Bisquick and Mrs Butterworth's, and now Mrs B is only in a plastic bottle. PLASTIC!!! What is that? It is just not the same!! I am writing to the company--you can't just change something as perfect as the nice lady-shaped GLASS bottle. Nonetheless, the plastic is still in the lady shape...just more boring!

Will be seeing you in Madrid soon.

That's ok Toni, I still love ya

jer...

Toni,

The change to the plastic bottle with Mrs. Buttersworth has already created a market for the glass bottles with collectors. Go figure! Millions of them sold, and like everyone else, we kept throwing them out - Now there are people who will pay nearly what the cost of syrup was in the first place for just the bottle. They even say that within two years, the collectors will pay two or three times what the product was worth in the first place.

It's amazing. All the things we throw out today become collectors items down the road. But to save them all, we'd need warehouses to store all our trash in.

I was at an auction a couple of days ago, and a simple horse harness (not even complete or in good shape) sold for a figure that made me want to jump up and down with joy. Especially since my wife and I kept two of the two horse hitches, and one four horse hitch from the family farm I grew up on, in Wisconsin. All three are in perfect condition.

Sometimes it stumps me as to why people collect, but then I look at my stamps that date back to the 1800s, including both Spanish and U.S., my baseball card collection from the 40s and 50s, our antique butter churn, the harnesses, and all the rest of the goodies we've squirreled away, and/or display, and realize we're just as big of pack rats as everyone else -

The problem is, we don't want to sell any of it, no matter what it's worth. Instead we keep forking over money for insurance premiums to at least make sure we don't lose everything to fire or theft, and not get a degree of satisfaction from our loss, in cash.

JP (Just another pack rat - )

Hey JP, sounds like a sweeet little collection ya got there buddy

I understand what you mean when you say you do not want to sell the stuff, even if it is worth $$$.

I had some collectibles before I left the U.S.A. to live here in Spain but since I wanted to liquidate my "packrat stuff" there, I sold it.

HI ToniG, it was nice meeting you here the other day and great of you to deliver the waffle iron Thanks for the bisquick, Mrs. Butterworth and smoked salmon from Seatle as well, that was a very nice touch.

You will always be my saviour.

Now all that is standing between me and my waffles is a small 25 Eurocent fuse for my transformer so I do not fry the waffle maker plugging it into the 240V socket here

Saludos,
jer...

I guess you already knew this, but just in case: there is an American shop in Serrano St., I can't remember which number. It's near Rep�blica Argentina Sq. It would be probably difficult to find waffle makers there, but I'm sure you could find maple syrup, or that kind of stuff. I even found Hershey chocolate (why on earth could anybody eat Hershey if you have European chocolate at reach?)

Hey Max, yeah, that is "A Taste of America", there is a seperate thread on it HERE. No waffle irons, only food there but very expensive.

Besides the idea is to meet people who are coming over from the U.S. abyway and they can bring syrup, bisquick, bagels, etc... if they want to

I agree with you on that chocolate comment.

Saludos,
jer...

So please just tell me, did you get your waffle iron?

If not I have two days before I travel and I'll go get you one here!!!!

hey madsue. Read my message 3 post up.

Indeed I picked up the "goods" from ToniG and it is great, just like the one in the pic that opens this thread.

Hey, I could use some more Bisquick though if ya don't mind lugging it over, the stuff does not last long here

Hey, I did not know they sold waffle irons on Lanzarote

Saludos,
jer...

Sorry jer!!!
Didn't read the post properly!!! Yup they sell Waffle irons here on Lanzarote, checked it out this morning. Bosch, makes waffles in the shape of huge flowers!!! Mind you it was 9 mil!!! No can do on the Bisquik front though - no American goods at all here, and not many UK ones come to that!!!

Hey madsue, thanks anyway, it is the thought that counts.

Hava a great time with your parents

Saludos,
jer...